of the place of the lode with anyone.  He averred that he was going to make his fortune by it.  Detectives were put upon his trail in his roaming about the fields, but he managed to elude all efforts at discovery.  Being an intemperate man, one cold night after indulging in his cups, he was found by the roadside stark and stiff.  Many rude attempts and imperfect searches have been made upon the assurances of Holden to discover the existence of antimony, but thus far in vain, and the supposed suppressed secret of the existence of it in Saugus died with him.

“Pirate’s Glen” is also within the territory of Saugus, while “Dungeon Rock,” another romantic locality, described by Alonzo Lewis in his history of Lynn, is just over the line in that city.  There is a popular tradition that the pirates buried their treasure at the foot of a certain hemlock tree in the glen, also the body of a beautiful female.  The rotten stump of a tree may still be seen, and a hollow beside it, where people have dug in searching for human bones and treasure.  This glen is highly romantic and is one of the places of interest to which all strangers visiting Saugus are conducted, and is invested with somewhat of the supernatural tales of Captain Kid and treasure trove.

There is a fine quarry or ledge of jasper located in the easterly part of the town, near Saugus River, just at the foot of the conical-shaped elevation known as “Round Hill.” which Professor Hitchcock, in his last geological survey, pronounced to be the best specimen in the state.  Mrs. Hitchcock, an artist, who accompanied her husband in his surveying tour, delineated from this eminence, looking toward Nahant and Egg Rock, which is full in view, and from which steamers may be seen with a glass plainly passing in and out of Boston harbor.  The scenery and drives about Saugus are delightful, especially beautiful is the view and landscape looking from the “Cinder Banks,” so-called, down Saugus river toward Lynn.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM SAUGUS SINCE THE TOWN WAS INCORPORATED.

Saugus, (formerly the West Parish of Lynn), was formed in the year 1815, and the town was first represented by Mr. Robert Emes in 1816.  Mr. Emes carried on morocco dressing, his business being located on Saugus river, on the spot now occupied by Scott’s Flannel Mills.

In 1817-18 Mr. Joseph Cheever represented the town, and again in 1820-21; also, in 1831-32, and again, for the last time, in 1835.  After having served the town seven times in the legislature, he seems to have quietly retired from political affairs.

In 1822 Dr. Abijah Cheever was the Representative, and again in 1829-30.  The doctor held a commission as surgeon in the army at the time of our last war with Great Britain.  He was a man very decided in his manners, had a will of his own, and liked to have people respect it.

In 1823 Mr. Jonathan Makepeace was elected.  His business was the manufacture of snuff, at the old mills in the eastern part of the town, now owned by Sweetser Brothers, and known as the Sweetser Mills.